Talk:Stephen Gostkowski

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The Streak[edit]

How is it still considered "active"? He missed. Regardless of why or when, the streak ended. You can say that he still maintains a current streak for regular season PATs, but the streak itself is done. Do not change it back unless you are differentiating between the two.

Because the NFL does not count post-season results in determining regular season stats. Thus, as far as the NFL Record Book is concerned, the streak is still active. Samer (talk) 05:34, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Postseason stats[edit]

I can understand not including the postseason stats in the table for regular-season stats (since the NFL essentially considers the postseason a "second season"), but I think that people would be interested in his postseason performance, so I created a second table for that purpose. Samer 03:21, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair Enough. I like the second table for the postseason. Pharos04 04:10, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A note on the records[edit]

I list all three records separately because the NFL considers them three separate records (see the link referenced in the main article). Samer (talk) 06:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation[edit]

Saying "this is important" doesn't actually make it important. You haven't actually given a reason why this is important enough to mention in the first sentence. Most readers understand that names often aren't pronounced "the right way", and that American names in particular often are "corrupted" forms of European names. Also, most people don't know what proper Polish pronunciation should be in the first place, so simply saying "it's wrong" is unhelpful.

All of this said, I'm not opposed to including such information in the article. It simply does not have enough importance, relative to Gostkowski himself, to justify it being mentioned in the introduction. If you want to include a well-sourced footnote to that effect (in other words, one with a reliable source that says how it should be pronounced), I will not object at all. Samer (talk) 15:46, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well-sourced? I know how to pronounce it. ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.31.91.43 (talk) 21:35, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Personal knowledge is not a valid source. See WP:VER, WP:OR, and WP:SOURCES. Samer (talk) 01:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

LOL this is language. 11:06, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

So? This sort of thing happens with American names all the time--for example, Brett Favre and Bill Romanowski--without notice. What is so special about this mispronunciation that it needs to be noted before such things as what Gostkowski does for a living? Samer (talk) 18:11, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because this pronunciation is wrong. 83.31.86.72 (talk) 22:30, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is directed at the editor from 83.31.*: You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution.

You can't block whole 83.31.* 83.31.108.91 (talk) 15:06, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't say that. But you have violated the 3RR, so I have reported the violation, and will let the admins take it from here. Samer (talk) 16:12, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're great. And you hate me because of your antipolonism. 83.29.109.228 (talk) 14:52, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously, this is a bridge too far (see WP:CIVIL), and not the first time you've crossed it, either. There is nothing personal here: Gostkowski was born in the U.S., and in the U.S., family names often get mangled, so it's simply not notable that Gostkowski is not pronounced the way it would be in Poland. If Gostkowski had been known to use the standard Polish pronunciation, and then changed it, that would be notable, but nothing of the sort has ever been reported. Samer (talk) 17:30, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]